encounters
She encounters another by her sink with a chocolate kiss. An Ace falls out of her book with a gilt-edged bookmark. A bracelet tangles with the Jack of Diamonds in her drawer. Another card falls out of her purse attached to a silken scarf.
Rogue encounters him in the kitchen that night.
“Are you wooing me?”
He holds out a long-stemmed red rose and her last card, the King of Hearts. “Is it working?”
He leans in close enough to mingle their breath.
She breathes, “Yes.”